House File 291 H-1018 Amend House File 291 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 20.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, 4 Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 5 The public employer and the employee organization 6 shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings 7 reasonably in advance of the public employer’s 8 budget-making process, to negotiate in good faith 9 with respect to wages, hours, vacations, insurance, 10 holidays, leaves of absence, shift differentials, 11 overtime compensation, supplemental pay, seniority, 12 transfer procedures, job classifications, health 13 and safety matters, safety equipment, evaluation 14 procedures, procedures for staff reduction, in-service 15 training and other matters mutually agreed upon. 16 Negotiations shall also include terms authorizing dues 17 checkoff for members of the employee organization 18 and grievance procedures for resolving any questions 19 arising under the agreement, which shall be embodied 20 in a written agreement and signed by the parties. If 21 an agreement provides for dues checkoff, a member’s 22 dues may be checked off only upon the member’s written 23 request and the member may terminate the dues checkoff 24 at any time by giving thirty days’ written notice. 25 Such obligation to negotiate in good faith does not 26 compel either party to agree to a proposal or make a 27 concession. > 28 2. Title page, by striking lines 2 through 7 and 29 inserting < employees. > 30 ______________________________ HUNTER of Polk -1- HF291.241 (2) 87 je/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2.